Switzerland County, Indiana, Commissioners’ allowances appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 15 Mar 1888 – Page 4, Column 5

LIST OF ALLOWANCES
Made by the Commissioners’ Court of Switzerland county, at their March Session, 1888:

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.

• Jacob S. Shadday, 13 days as overseer of poor, $26.00
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mary Jennings & family, $16.16
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Mrs. Gabe Taylor, $11.35
• F. L. Grisard, goods for Simeon Leach & wife, $12.10
• F. L. Grisard, house rent for Wm. Daily, $9.00
• F. L. Grisard, shoes for Mrs. Leach, $2.50
• Jacob S. Shadday, goods for Alonzo Hawkins & family, $12.40
• Jacob S. Shadday, goods for Mrs. Mary Griffith & family, $19.18
• Gottleib Leitner, flour for Mrs. Mary Griffith & family, $12.75
• Gottleib Leitner, flour for Alonzo Hawkins & family, $8.50
• Eleanor Courtney, keeping Pelsor child, $8.00
• O. S. Waldo, goods for Nancy Schenck, $2.41
• O. S. Waldo, goods for Rhoda Steele, $2.00
• O. S. Waldo, goods for Joseph Bullock, $3.00
• O. S. Waldo, school books for Griffith & Dickason children, $2.25
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Joseph Bullock, $2.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Nancy Schenck, $6.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Mr. J. Hewitt, $7.00
• C. V. Thiebaud, goods for Rhoda Steele, $2.00
• Peter E. Told, coal furnished poor persons, $78.45
• Josephine Edmonson, shoes & keeping Jerry Plew, $6.00
• George Reeves, goods for Sarah Miller & family, $14.00
• George Reeves, goods for Polly McClelland, $12.33
• Marion Turner, house rent for Polly McClelland, $6.00
• Wm. Smith, digging graves for Dick Russell and Tandy child, $3.50
• John Smiley, coffin for Jennings child, $5.00
• Sam. Spencer, house rent 3 mos. Elizabeth Simpson, $4.50
• Clendening Bros., goods for Rhoda Steele, $2.02
• Shaw & Detraz, goods for A. R. Boggs, $4.00
• Shaw & Detraz, goods for Rhoda Steele, $2.00
• Robert Knox, aid furnished traveler, $1.65
• Scott & Brown, goods for Joseph Bullock, $1.00
• Scott & Brown, goods forIra Tower, $3.20
• Scott & Brown, goods for David Dodd, $3.00
• Mrs. A. Russell, house rent for Rhoda Steele, $3.00
• A. J. Schenck, goods for Agnes Boggs & sister, $12.33
• Dicey Estes for keeping McGee children, $12.00
• Mary Gottamiller for keeping John Gottamiller, $10.00
• Julia Wolf, for keeping Ben Barker, $11.25
• Noah Martin, allowed for himself, $10.00
• James H. Curry, for keeping Mary Spears, $8.00
• Harry Schmied, house rent for Boggs family, $27.00
• Wm. M. Patton, coffin for Dick Russell, $5.00
• Mrs. Lucy Detraz, house rent for Mrs. John Orem, $8.00
• Sallie Martin, keeping Ed. Taylor’s child, $13.00
• Golay & Stevens, school books for poor children, $2.00
• P. C. Holland, coal furnished poor persons, $9.41
• R. A. Knox, shoes for Jennie Cayton, $1.75
• Mary Bristow, house rent for Nancy Schenck, $4.50
• A. G. Craig, house rent for Mrs. Leach, $3.00
• Wm. Smith, digging grave for Catharine Windhizer, $2.00
• Str City of Vevay, deck passage Silas Shelly, $0.75
• James Curry, keeping Barnes boy & Ella Ellis, $54.00
• Dr. P. S. Sage, pauper Dr. for Jefferson Tp., $20.00

COTTON TOWNSHIP.

• Orson A. Potter, 8 days as overseer of poor, $16.00
• S. R. Heath, goods furnished Mary Merrill, $19.44
• S. R. Heath, goods furnished Elias Brown and wife, $13.66
• S. R. Heath, goods furnished Adonijah Day, $1.99
• C. O. Potter, goods furnished John Andrews, $2.50
• G. F. Simpson, goods furnished Clarinda Holdcraft, $2.00
• A. J. Sedam, provisions for Mrs. Montooth, $2.00
• A. J. Sedam, provisions for Thos. J. Heath, $6.00
• A. J. Sedam, provisions for George Moody, $3.00
• James H. Gibbs, goods for David Tibbett, $10.13
• Mary Richmond, keeping 3 poor children, $28.00
• Thomas Lawton, keeping and Dr. fee Ben Pelsor, $13.00
• U. H. Stow, keeping Amanda English, $10.00
• John H. Robbins, keeping Eli Farwood, $10.00
• Wm. Carnine, keeping 3 children from poor house and books, $32.27
• Harvey Fandre, keeping 2 children from poor house, $21.25
• Elizabeth Smith, keeping 1 child from poor house, $10.62

YORK TOWNSHIP.

• J. D. Froman, 9 days as overseer of poor, $18.00
• J. M. W. Langsdale, goods for Margaret See, $3.00
• J. M. W. Langsdale, goods for Nancy Clemens, $3.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Sarah Burk, $7.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Harriet Burk, $5.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Erastus Scudder, $9.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Betsey Chase, $6.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for W. H. Ralston, $4.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Nancy Clemens, $4.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Nancy Andrews, $10.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Nellie Skidmore, $10.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Margaret Coy, $6.00
• Schrumpf & Told, goods for Calvin Fredenburg, $7.00
• Wm. C. Robinson, goods for Mahala Wheeler, $20.00
• Wm. C. Robinson, goods for Margaret See, $7.00
• G. N. Reeves, goods for Nancy Pettit, $5.00
• J. I. O’Neal, flour for Calvin Fredenburg, $3.00
• J. I. O’Neal, flour for Oliver Wheeler, $6.00
• J. I. O’Neal, flour for Nancy J. Bosaw, $3.00
• W. C. & S. L. Benedict, goods for Nancy J. Bosaw, $3.00
• Indiana Fulton, keeping Sallie Nipper, $10.00

POSEY TOWNSHIP.

• Lemuel H. Emerson, 6 days as overseer of poor, $17.00
• E. E. North, groceries for Mrs. E. Courtney, $10.10
• E. E. North, groceries for Mrs. H. Peters, $5.00
• E. E. North, groceries for John Banks, $5.00
• E. E. North, groceries for Robert Cott, $5.00
• E. E. North, groceries for John Bailey, $3.00
• E. E. North, groceries for Wm. Miller, $5.00
• N. H. North, goods for Mrs. Gillis, $10.00
• N. H. North, goods for Mrs. John Craig, $5.00
• N. H. North, goods for Christian Icenogle, $5.00
• Wm. Gockel, goods for John Bailey, $3.00
• Wm. Gockel, goods for Sarah Jones, $5.00
• Wm. Gockel, goods for J. F. Icenogle, $2.00
• Wm. Gockel, goods for Mrs. John Gurley, $5.00
• S. Howe & Co., provisions for Andrew J. Boyd, $5.00
• S. Howe & Co., provisions for Thomas McDale, $5.00
• S. Howe & Co., provisions for Rebeccah Day, $10.00
• J. W. Love, goods for Mrs. Paschal Lamkin, $5.00
• G. B. Wade, coffin and box for Mahala Larrison, $5.00
• Taylor Curran, wood for Elza Courtney, $1.25
• Helen A. Humphrey, care of Fred Young, $6.00
• W. A. Olcott, school books for Craig children, $1.35

PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.

• L. B. Slawson, 9 days as overseer of poor, $18.00
• J. S. Steele, provisions & groceries, Mr. & Mrs. Sutherland, $7.33
• J. S. Steele, provisions & groceries, Mrs. M. D. Lientz, $4.00
• J. S. Steele, provisions & groceries, Minnie Rogers, $4.00
• J. S. Steele, provisions & groceries, John Griffin, $6.00
• J. S. Steele, provisions & groceries, John Courtney, $1.40
• Ben Belden, flour for John Courtney, $6.00
• Ben Belden, flour for Dyson Aldrich, $7.50
• Ben Belden, flour for John Griffin, $7.00
• L. B. Slawson, wood and flour, Mrs. M. D. Lientz, $15.50
• G. S. Hulley, bacon for Mrs. Sutherland, $1.62
• Henry Kettenbuck, dry goods for Dyken Aldrich, $2.00
• Wm. Voris, wood for Wm. Sutherland, $13.00
• James Mellen, house rent for Mrs. M. D. Lientz, $1.50
• James P. Orem, house rent for Dyken Aldrich, $3.00
• R. G. Simpson, provisions, &c., Mrs. M. D. Lientz, $1.00
• R. G. Simpson, provisions, &c., Wm. Sutherland and wife, $4.40
• R. G. Simpson, provisions, &c., Jane Nelson, $6.00
• R. G. Simpson, provisions, &c., John Griffin, $1.00
• R. G. Simpson, provisions, &c., Dyken Aldrich, $3.50
• George H. Hotchkiss, wood for Dykan Aldrich, $1.87
• James P. Marsh, flour for Wm. Sutherland, $1.65
• O. H. Ricketts, provisions for Mary McDanell, $8.00
• Rodolph Thiebaud, pr. Sheet, Jane Sutherland, $1.15
• Eliza H. VanOsdol, care of Minnie Rogers, $3.50
• Milton Cole, keeping of Nora Turner, $6.00
• Z. I. Yonge, dry goods by Milton Cole, $3.58
• Joseph M. Protsman, keeping of Gracie LeClerc, $8.00
• D. C. Valentine, keeping of Edward LeClerc, $8.00
• Ebenezer Brandon, keeping of James Ward, $14.25

CRAIG TOWNSHIP.

• Wm. Tait, for 8 days as overseers of poor, $16.00
• F. L. Grisard, provisions for Ostrander family, $6.00
• A. J. Siebenthal, breadstuff for Ostrander family, $4.40
• Z. I. Yonge, sclothing for George Waltz, $4.00
• J. W. Smiley, coffin for Mrs. Windheizer, $5.00
• Nicholas Weber, keeping of Sarah Adams, $10.00
• Larkin Turner, keeping of William Turner, $10.00
• William Peelman, keeping of John Peelman, $20.00
• Wm. Andrew, keeping of Martha C. Windhizer, $9.00
• Dr. J. H. Shadday, pauper Dr. Craig Tp., $18.00
• Enoch S. Adams, care of County Asylum, $452.00
• Z. I. Yonge, goods for County Asylum, $8.00

HIGHWAYS & BRIDGES.

Jefferson Township:

• J. S. Johnson, material and work, $51.92
• Thomas J. Gordon, stone work, Hog Run culvert, $68.00
• David Armstrong, work & superintending work, $3.00

Posey Township:

• S. Q. Howe, for lumber, $1.21
• A. Hoffman, for lumber, $4.00
• J. M. Hughes, for lumber, $2.50
• Mrs. H. Peters, locust posts, $10.00
• James Waters, hauling posts and lumber, $2.00
• John P. McNutt, locust posts, $9.25
• L. H. Emerson, for lumber, $2.12
• E. W. Marsh, posts, bolts and work, $11.35
• Alonzo Fisk, posts and poles, $7.85
• W. H. Vawter, locust poles, $6.00
• O. Bradford, posts, lumber, posts and work, $15.50
• James Dunning, lumber, posts and work, $4.90
• J. W. Banger, lumber, nails and work, $4.23
• A. F. Douglas, posts, poles and work, $46.45
• G. B. Seaver, posts and poles, $1.80
• J. H. Wade, work, $8.50
• Wm. Dibble, work, 6.50
• S. B. McHuron, work, $3.50
• M. L. VanDorin, post, poles and work, $6.40
• S. Howe & Co., iron bolts, $9.55

York Township:

• Americus Benedict, lumber and posts, $38.00
• Rowland Bliss, locust posts, $8.50
• J. D. Marsh, work, $10.00
• M. L. Duplan, iron work Beatty Ford bridge, $3.80
• Anthony Tilley, work on fills, $7.80
• Allie Robinson, for posts, $6.50
• Charley Peak, work and hauling, $21.50
• Schrumpf & Told, material for barriers, $17.80
• W. C. & S. L. Benedict, nails for bridge, $1.30

Pleasant Township:

• Edward Morrison, material & work, Grove Hill, $41.57

BOOKS, STATIONERY & PRINTING.

• Wm. B. Burford, books and stationery, $282.31
• Sentinel Printing Co., blanks, letter heads, &c., $15.07
• Wm. J. Baird, advertising and printing, $145.80
• John Henry, binding Reveille for 1887, $3.50
• Walter A. Know, Printing, $6.25
• Baker & Thornton, books and stationery, $35.70
• Steamer City of Madison, freight bill, $0.75
• David N. Haydon, postage, stationery, &c., $6.29

COUNTY OFFICERS’ SALARIES & FEES.

• D. N. Haydon, salary, care school fund, fees, &c., $462.13
• C. G. Adams, salary, $200.00
• A. G. Craig, salary health officer & expenses, $100.75
• M. C. Walden, salary Co. Supt., $288.00
• Wm. R. Johnston, Co. Att’y, $25.00
• Wm. H. Scott, 6 days Co. Commissioner, $21.00
• John F. Houze, 6 days Co. Commissioner, $21.00
• David Armstrong, 6 days Co. Commissioner, $21.00
• Jas. F. Simpson, 6 days Sheriff Com. Court, $12.00
• R. T. F. Abbett, fees foreclosure school fund mortgage, $17.40
• Wm. S. Tower, fees foreclosure school fund mortgage, $6.60
• Jas. F. Simpson, posting notices school land sale, $10.50
• Jas. F. Simpson, posting election notices, $21.50
• Jas. F. Simpson, posting delinquent tax list, $22.50

COURT HOUSE & OFFICE EXPENSE.

• Wm. M. Patton, springs & hanging screen doors, $5.00
• G. W. Craig, making shelving Auditor’s office, $10.00
• C. O. Thiebaud, supplies for Co. Sup’t, $1.73
• Addison Works, book case Auditor’s office, $6.00
• James K. Pleasants, shelving lumber, $7.36
• F. L. Grisard, glass and coal bucket, $1.10
• Joseph G. Thamann, weighing coal, $1.50
• C. G. Adams, office expense, $4.00
• D. N. Haydon, expense incurred in office cleaning, painting, &c., $7.15
• Hall & Lewis, baize and tacks Court room doors, $10.00
• C. G. Boerner, repairing Court House clocks, $5.00
• Jas. F. Simpson, care Court House and yard, $18.25
• Scott & Brown, coal oil, oil cans, &c., $3.50
• Philip Strain, repairing pavement & cleaning Court yard, $12.00

CRIMINAL EXPENSE.

• Jas. F. Simpson, boarding prisoners, $85.40
• Jas. F. Simpson, summoning grand & petit juries, $20.00
• Jas. F. Simpson, taking Sandy Sander to Reform School, $36.40
• Peter E. Told, 100 bu. coal for jail, $12.00

SPECIFIC ALLOWANCES.

• James P. Orem, retracing faded records, $31.50
• M. C. Walden, janitor fees, $27.50
• J. F. Simpson, telegram fee for witness, $0.50
• John S. Hulley, swearing land appraisers, $0.50
• E. W. Heath, swearing damage assessors, $0.30
• Jefferson County Congressional School Fund interest, $553.60